FT data journalist declares the "learn to code" era dead as CS enrollment drops sharply
jburnmurdoch · x · 2026-09-03
FT data journalist John Burn-Murdoch declared the "learn to code" era officially over, citing a notable decline in the number of people studying computer science over the past year or two.
The chart comes from this week's edition of his newsletter on AI and the labour market, where the drop is framed as an early signal that AI coding tools are reshaping the perceived value of programming as a career path.
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